Pantydraco

DV-0642

Lived: 237 to 227 million years ago, Late Triassic
Length: about 3 m (10 ft)
Group: Early sauropodomorphs
Found in: United Kingdom
Named by: Galton et al. 2007

Field notes

About Pantydraco

Pantydraco was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic, 237 to 227 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Pantydraco, from United Kingdom. It was named by Galton et al. in 2007.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

230 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Pantydraco?

Pantydraco: about 3 m (10 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical early sauropodomorph shape

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropodomorpha.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. M. Galton, A. M. Yates, and D. M. Kermack. 2007. Pantydraco n. gen. for Thecodontosaurus caducus Yates, 2003, a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Upper Triassic or Lower Jurassic of South Wales, UK. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 243(1):119-125